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eBook
Cleaning Up the Bomb Factory
2024
Overview
Housewives, hard hats, and an Ohio town's restoration of
the radioactive wasteland in its backyard In 1984, a
uranium leak at Ohio's outdated Fernald Feed Materials Production
Center highlighted the decades of harm inflicted on Cold War
communities by negligent radioactive waste disposal. Casey A.
Huegel tells the story of the unlikely partnership of grassroots
activists, regulators, union workers, and politicians that
responded to the event with a new kind of environmental movement.
The community group Fernald Residents for Environmental Safety and
Health (FRESH) drew on the expertise of national organizations
while maintaining its autonomy and focus on Fernald. Leveraging
local patriotism and employment concerns, FRESH recruited
blue-collar allies into an innovative program that fought for both
local jobs and a healthier environment. Fernald's transformation
into a nature reserve with an on-site radioactive storage facility
reflected the political compromises that left waste sites improved
yet imperfect. At the same time, FRESH's outsized influence
transformed how the government scaled down the Cold War weapons
complex, enforced health and safety standards, and reckoned with
the immense environmental legacy of the nuclear arms race. A
compelling history of environmental mobilization, Cleaning Up
the Bomb Factory details the diverse goals and mixed successes
of a groundbreaking activist movement.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Subject
/ Cold War-Environmental aspects
/ Community activists-History-20th century
/ Environmental protection-Ohio-Fernald-Citizen participation-History-20th century
/ Feed Materials Production Center (U.S.)
/ Fernald Environmental Management Project (U.S.)
/ HISTORY
/ Nuclear facilities-Accidents-Ohio-Fernald-History-20th century
/ Radioactive waste disposal-Ohio-Fernald-History-20th century
ISBN
9780295752549, 0295752548, 9780295752556, 0295752556, 0295752564, 9780295752563
